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#1,841
  1. Eko.
  2. Aria Pro ll Thorsound
  3. Ibanez Blazer.
  4. Ibanez blazer
  5. Aria (Duran Duran).
  6. Geel geverfde fretloos gemaakte Maya.
  7. Tokai Jazzsound zwart.
  8. Ibanez witte 5-string
  9. Ibanez Musician. Eerst fretless, laten fretten Vox Humana.
  10. Yamaha BB1000.
  11. Hohner, zwart, zelf fretloos gemaakt.
  12. Headless Riverhead bass
  13. Pearl bass, zwart, soort les Paul body.
  14. Westone bas, zwart, brug pick up bij laten zetten.
  15. Warwick Nobby Meidel.
  16. Ibanez Roadster.
  17. Gibson the Grabber of Ripper fretless. Gekregen voor 7.
  18. Tokai Jazzsound wit.
  19. Tokai zwart met matched headstock. (Gaan uitzoeken bij importeur)
  20. Rode headless van hohner, piccolo bas van gemaakt.
  21. Warwick Streamer Stage ll.
  22. Warwick Thumb 6-string.
  23. Warwick Dolphin.
  24. Warwick 5-string van Hayke.
  25. Sadowsky 1566
  26. Alembic Spoiler.
  27. Ellio Martina, later fretless gemaakt.
  28. Jan Knooren bas
  29. Status, supermooie bas.
  30. Yamaha BB 5-string,l
  31. Olympic white 70's Fender Jazzzbass, lak verwijderd en badass erop, ook dom.
  32. Fender Jazzbass
  33. Westone Quantum.
  34. Koploze Aria.
  35. Ibanez SR
  36. Kubicki Ex Factor geel.
  37. Fenix Jazzbass
  38. Squier Precision fiesta red, witte slagplaat.
  39. Rode Yamaha rbx
  40. Yamaha Trb6P.
  41. Ibanez ATK.
  42. Yamaha NE bass blue.
  43. Groene rbx 5string voor Yamaha demonstratie
  44. Oranje Yamaha 6 string idem
  45. Fretless 5 string Yamaha zwart, slechte neck.
  46. Musicman fretless 5-string zwart.
  47. Fender Jazzbass vermoedelijk 1972.
  48. Sadowsky ash maple 1623.
  49. 6 string Yamaha John Myung voor beurs Berlijn.
  50. Fodera Hans Mullens.
  51. Fodera van Metropole orkest, slechte nek.
  52. Lakland 94-55.
  53. Andere Yamaha trb6P voor cruise.
  54. Fender 5-string, grijze refin.
  55. Squier Jazzbass zwart.
  56. Fender Jazzbass 1977 zwart, kapotte neck.
  57. Fender Jazzbass 1982, gelig wit, slechte sound.
  58. Fender Precision mocha brown, speelde te zwaar.
  59. Fender Jazzbass '77 sunburst.
  60. Musicman paars.5-string.
  61. Leduc U-bass fretless 5-string.
  62. Fender Jazzbass 1971, neck gaat kapot, michael schneider repareert.
  63. Johnson minibass.
  64. Fender Jazzbass 1965 olympic white refin.
  65. Sadowsky vintage 5, 3508, heeft Sergio nu.
  66. Fender Precision 1968.
  67. Fender Jazzbass 1966 refin fiesta red.
  68. Deusenberg semi ac bass, Starplayer.
  69. Fodera Imperial 6-string.
  70. Ruil voor 56 en 61, Ken Smith 5-string
  71. idem Fender Jazzbass 1976.
  72. idem Fender Jazzbass 1969.
  73. Fender Jazzbass customshop 2010 sherwood green.
  74. Fender Jazzbass customshop 2010 Car.
  75. Status 3000.
  76. Status series ll 5string.
  77. Sadowsky red.
  78. Sadowsky green.
  79. Sadowsky salmon.
  80. Sadowsky 5-string orange quilted maple
  81. Fender Jazzbass customshop masterbuilt zwart.(Dennis Galuszka)
  82. Fender Precision masterbuilt thinline, maar 5 van gemaakt.(Dennis Galuszka)
  83. Fender Precision masterbuilt '59 olympic white over black John Cruz.
  84. Ibanez Grooveline 5string.
  85. Fender Jazzbass 1969 CAR matched headstock. Van blue comets geweest.
  86. F-Bass BN5 Buckeye Burl.
  87. Sadowsky #7072 Cherry Maple 4-string.
  88. Fodera Emperor Deluxe 5-string
  89. Revelation Jazzbass.
  90. Sadowsky #5216 spalt top on ash
  91. Fodera Imperial 5 Buckeye Burl.
  92. Fodera Emperor ll.
  93. Fender Jazzbass 1965 L-series.
  94. Fender Precision 1961
  95. Status Streamline 5-string.
  96. Alleva Coppolo LG Classic Supreme 5-String.
  97. Alleva Coppolo 1600 5-String.
  98. Fender Precision 1962.
  99. Fender Jazzbass 1966.
  100. Fender Precision 1961 serialnr.67118
  101. Fodera Yin Yang(maar 1 dag)
  102. Fender Jazzbass 1962 serialnr. 91454
  103. Sire V7 Vintage, 5string 2nd edition.
  104. Sadowsky Metro MV5 M10789
  105. Fender Jazzbass 1965 sn 104977
  106. Sadowsky NYC #8816 Vintage 5string LPB
  107. Sadowsky Single Cut 5 #8677
  108. Serek MW2-120
  109. Fodera Monarch 4string olive
  110. Stenback 5string
  111. Fodera Curly Walnut MG-5 bolt-on
  112. Leduc U-bass 5 string fretless (ooit in ’98/’99 gekocht Parijs)
  113. Fender Jazzbass S845312
  114. De Gier Soulmate
  115. Fodera Emperor 5 standard
 
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#1,843
I think so:

1- Warwick RB Corvettex Basic 4 (Still have - Was great until I destroyed the truss nut. Replaced neck.)
2- Yamaha TRBX 304 (Fantastic bass. Regret selling it)
3- Squier VM Jazz 5 (Decent bass, but didn't like the neck)
4- Squier CV 70's Precision (Still have - One of my favorites, to this day)
5- Spector Legend 5 (Horrible example of a Spector, but I'm pretty sure the issue was that particular instrument)
6- G&L Tribute L2500 (LOVED the bass, but didn't use the B. Couldn't adjust to 5-string)
7- SBMM Ray34 (Gigged it exclusively for a while. Very nice bass, but unfortunately had to sell it when the pandemic hit)
8- Warwick Streamer LX4 (Still have - Most responsive bass I've owned. Great for gigging with)
9- Fender Player Jazz (Still have - Sometimes difficult to EQ, but a really good instrument)

Pretty sure that's all of em.
Planning to add another one pretty soon, but still doing my research.
 
#1,844
1. Samick Phantom P-bass knockoff - black (1986-1992)
2. SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB301 - sparkly purple (1992-1996)
3. MCI Intertek fretless P/J (1996-97, 1998-1999, 1999(two weeks later)-present)
4. Dean Edge 5-string - red transparent (1997-1999)
5. Korean-built Fender Jazz - black w/white pickguard (1999)
6. 1980 Ibanez Studio 8-string (1999-2003)
7. 1986 Pedulla MVP - black (1999-2006)
8. Breedlove Atlas Fretless (2004-present)
9. Fender Jazz-24 - tobacco sunburst (2005-2007)
10. Birdsong Fusion prototype - walnut (2006-present)
11. Birdsong Custom fretless - walnut/ebony/purpleheart (2007-present)
12. Birdsong "Richard the Test Bass" (shop test prototype) - poplar (2014-present)
13. Birdsong Fusion custom - mesquite body/delano Xtender pickup (2015-present)
14. Birdsong Fusion custom - mesquite/walnut body, p-bass pickup (2020-present)

Somewhere in there was the Ibanez Mikro I bought my daughter as a Christmas present. She didn't play it and I ended up selling it to my old lead guitarist.

Fun (self-indulgent) exercise, seeing if I could get the years and details right. Thanks for the thread!
 
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#1,847
1 Satellite Jazz Bass copy bought new in 1979 - I still have this
2 1976 Fender Jazz Bass
3 1979 Aria SB1000 - I still have this
4 1985 Wal Pro Fretless - I still have this
5 1980 Aria SB1000 Fretless - I still have this
6 2003 Gibson Thunderbird
7 1988 Fender Precision - I still have this
8 Unknown year Crafter BA400EQ/FL acoustic fretless - I still have this

I think the basses I've bought and sold taught me more than the ones I kept!
 
#1,848
Not hard for me. For many years I was living on a shoestring and it was very much "1 in, 1 out".
Since I started playing bass in 1981:
1. Ibanez Musician - blond
2. G&L L-1000 - tobacco sunburst
3. Kramer Duke
4. John Hawk custom - koa. Sold to get my Tobias. Dang I'd love to find that bass again.
5. Tobias Bassic 5, red quilted maple- bought from Mike in his Cahuenga Blvd shop. Sold when I had a kid. Dang, I'd love to find that bass again, too.
6. Yamaha BBG-5
7. Michael Kelly Dragonfly 5 fretless
8. Tobias Classic (alder/walnut)
9. Ibanez GWB-1 fretless
10. Zon Sonus Special fretless
11. Tobias Classic fretless (walnut/purpleheart)
12. Custom Zon fretless (STILL HAVE)
13. Peavey TL-5
14. Hohner B-V (defretted) (STILL HAVE)
15. Peavey TL-5
16. Yamaha BBG-5 (STILL HAVE)
17. Steve Burke "Phoenix" ABG (STILL HAVE)
 
#1,849
Get list - now fix that "Squier!"

MIMike said:
Yes, and I have them listed in my profile too.
Compared to many, I have not owned a lot of gear over my 45 year playing career.
Copied from my previous gear list which includes amps too:

* still owned
1964 Fender Jazz SB
1964 Fender Jazz ReFin CAR
1964 Fender Precision SB
1965 Fender Jazz CAR
*1965 Fender Jazz NoFin
*60's Meisel 1/2 size upright
1966 Fender Precision SB
1968 Guild Starfire SB
70's no name Czech 3/4 upright
1970 Fender Precision Fretless SB
1972 Fender Precision Blk
1972 Fender Jazz ReFin Blk
*1973 Fender Precision Nat.
1975 Fender Precision Blk
1977 Fender Precision White
1979 Music Man Sabre Nat.
1983 Fender Jazz Sienna SB
*1983 Fender AVRI 62 Jazz SB
1987 Fender AVRI 62 Jazz LPB
1989 Peavey TL5 Trans Red
1990 Martin B40 Nat.
1991 Shen 1/2 size upright
1996 Fender Am Dlx Jazz V SB
1998 Fender Precision Inca Silver
*2005 Fender Jazz Bass 24 SB
*2008 Squire VM Jazz Oly Wht
72 Kustom 150 Charcoal
*72 Bassman 100 + orig 4x12 cab - customized to 2x12
75 Fender Super Twin (head only)
2000 Bassman 25
79 MM HD130 + MM115RH
93 SWR Basic 350
84 GK MB200
89 GK 400RB
98 GK 1001RB(I)
*2010 GK MB 500 Fusion
*2016 Fender Rumble 40
*AudioKinesis Changeling 112
80s EV TL 115
90s EV TL 115
90s EV B210
90s EV B115
90s Eden D410T
90s Eden D410XLT
90s Eden D115T
90s SWR 212 Bigfoot
Click to expand...
 
#1,850
1962 Gibson EB-0 (my fathers)
1998 MIM p bass
2000 mim jazz bass
Hofner beatle bass
G&L sb-2 fretless
Warwick rock bass corvette 5
Warwick corvette standard 5
Ovation acoustic bass
2019 mim p bass
SBMM ray35
1996 Ebmm stingray 5

I think that’s it, still have the Gibson (again still technically my dads), the G&L that I’ve had for a long time and needs some repairs, and the EBMM SR5 which I play on literally every gig
 
#1,851
USA fender "p bass plus" black. still have it.
Guild b-301
wishbass fretless
Johnson (?) cheap chinese 6 string
Guild Ashbory
Carvin XB76 - walnut
Carvin LB76 - purple/gold
Fender MIM jazz white/perliod
Clifford Roi:
#1 - 6 string/sapele top,
#2 6quilted maple,
#3 6amboyna burl,
#4 33" scale 6 maple,
#5 fretless 6 myrtle top,
#6 5 string spalted maple,
#7 all purpleheart 6
Jay turser beatle bass
Very breifly owned (24 hrs) green fretless carvin LB76
Warmoth 32" fretless build
EBMM white/maple stringray special
EBMM sunburst early 2000's stingray
Yamaha attitude LT 2 seafoam green
yamaha attitude LT3 blue
Fender USA P bass / blue
Carvin LB76 "ordered for endorsee"
Ristola cherry / 33" 6 string
G&L USA jazz bass
breifly owned peavey t-40 natural (two different ones about a year apart.)
Yamaha USA ATK with that bizarre truss rod system
Upright basses:
shen SB80 2006 laminte
Shen Panormo
Shen 1999 "early gemunder"
circa 1880s german flatback
2020 edward maday catalpa back/sides

Okay, i think this is it, but I thought that about 12 entries ago. im sure theres something i'm forgetting. this list took me a while to put together.

And, i've got on order another 33" scale 6 string clifford roi, to replace the purpleheart one that had a broken truss rod, as well as a travel upright "contrabassetto" by andrea spada.

the craziest part of this list is what i miss the most. the best sounding ones are not the ones i have the fondest memories of. I recorded a bunch of records and play some really wild gigs on the purple 6 string carvin, I wish i could locate that one.

Also the ristola cherry bass I sold and missed, and was lucky enough to catch it again for sale years later. it's my #1 player right now, too.
 
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#1,853
Popular topic!! I'm late to the party, but;

Uhhhh, no.
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#1,854
Uh, no. I kept a list for a while--35 years or so?--and it has about 80 basses on it, but I let it lapse the last few years. There are many exceptional instruments that stand out in my memory, but I'm sure there are others that have slipped my mind.

Almost none of them got names.
 
#1,855
Yup to the original question! Simpson-Sears (went MIA at my girlfriend's place - blaming her brother), El Degas (Pbass-like - lasted 6 months before the neck warped), the Rick!, good friend lent me an Onyx bass as my back-up bass replaced by - Yamaha BB300, Kramer Spector NS-2, Yamaha BBG5S and SBMM Ray25CA. The Rick and the last four are my collection.
 
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#1,857
Absolutely, in order, the ones in bold are the only two I still own.

Aria Pro II Cat Bass
Fender MIM Standard Jazz
Slammer Hammer Jazz
Samick P bass
Ibanez Soundgear SR500
Ibanez Ergodyne EDC700
Ibanez Acoustic Bass
Fender Highway One Jazz
Fender MIJ P bass
Fender American Special P bass
 
#1,859
I'm currently 25 and have been playing since I was 16. Here is my current run down.
1. Squier Bronco Bass "Ol Bessie" (Still own)
2. Epiphone Viola Bass "Duchess" (Traded for bass #3, then traded back and still currently owned)
3. 2013 Fiesta Red Squier Classic Vibe P-Bass (See above, and sorrowly missed)
4. 1970s Pan SG Bass {A Matsumoku Lawsuit special, sold for $40}
5. A newer Precision Copy (Sold)
6. 1980s? Antares Double Neck 4/6 "Ruth" {after Mike RUTHerford} (Will FOREVER Own)
7. 2010s Squier Vintage Mod J-Bass #1 (Sold)
8. K-tone 8 String Les Paul Bass (still own)
9. A Black First Act "P-Bass" (sold)
10. Epiphone EB0 gifted to me by my wife (still own)
11. 2018? Fender Deluxe Dimension V HH won during Fender's HUGE Sweepstakes period "Pauline" {named after Paul Simonon as mine was gained in similar circumstances as Paul's and had that same White, black guard and brown (Pau Ferro) vibe going on} (Still own)
12. 2010s Squier Vintage Mod J-Bass #2 (still own)
13. 2010s Squier Affinity Precision (Bought for $50, still own)
14. 2019 Gretsch Electromatic Jet Bass (Sold to fund bass #18)
15. 2018 Rickenbacker 4003 "Chrissy" {I'm sure y'all could guess} gifted from a close friend (Will FOREVER own)
16. Kala Uke Bass {Quarantine Bass #1} (Still own)
17. Guild Junior Jumbo Bass {Quarantine Bass #2} (still own)
18. 1972 Gibson Les Paul Triumph acquired THIS YEAR for less than a grand!!! {Resale market here in Alaska SUCKS, utter Buyers PARADISE} (Still own, investment potential)
19. 2022 Serek Lincoln (Still in the queue to be built)
 
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#1,860
Yep,

Hmm, now that I’ve listed them, I clearly need to buy another so I’m not stuck at unlucky “13”…

1) Randano PJ (broke)
2) Peavey Foundation (sold)
3) Carvin LB90 Fretless (still own)
4) PRS SE Kestrel (sold)
5) Pedulla Buzz (still own)
6) Vantage VP710b (sold)
7) Fender Blacktop Precision (traded)
8) Carvin LB90 Koa (still own)
9) G&L Tribute SB-2 (still own)
10) Fender CIJ Geddy Lee Jazz (still own)
11) Fender MIM Precision (still own)
12) Lakland Skyline 44-64 (still own)
13) Warwick Thumb Bolt On (long term loan)
 
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